Motor support



ATTORNEY.

MOTOR SUPPORT Filed Nov.l 15. 1922 YH L.

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W. C. SERRELL- ET AL l l l a l l l July 31`, 1923.

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Patented July 3l, 1923.

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WILLIAM c. snaaELL, or synacusn Ann CHARLES E. WIDMEYER, oF BEAVER rants,

' NEW YORK.

Moron 'sur-roar.

Application led November 13, 1922. Serial No. 600,776.

`To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM C. SER- nELL and CHARLES E. WIDMEYER, of Syra- 'cuse and Beaver Falls, respectively, in the counties of Onandag?, and Lewis, respectivev ly, in the State of ew York, have invent'- ed new and useful Improvements in Motor Supports, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying draw.

ings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an adjustable supporting base for. electric motors and other power units for imparting motion to another element through the medium oi. a belt or other power transmitting 'mechanism.

In installations of this character wherel the driving and driven elements are to revolve about fixed axes it is highly impor.

tant that those axes befexactly parallel to operate with the greatest degree of eiiciency and, inasmuch as the driven element such for example, as a line shaft is usuallyl installed prior to the installation of the motor, it becomes necessary to provide means whereby' the motor or other power unit may be brought into parallel relation to the driven element, and the main object of my present invention is to provide means operable at will while the motor is in action or at rest for adjusting and setting the motor in proper running relation to the driven element.

In other words, we have sought to provide a 'sectional supporting base in which the motor v,supporting section maybe adjusted angularly about the different axes at right angles to each other and automatically locked in its adjusted position bythe adjusting elements.

Other objects and uses relating to specific parts of the device will be brought out in l and superposed relatively adjustable sections and -3 together with suitable devices for adjusting the lrelatively movable sections and holding them in their adjusted positions.

The base section 1 is mounted in a horizontal plane upon a solid foundation as- -4- of masonry or other suitable support andmay be anchored thereto by bolts -5- to rigidly hold it against relative movement upon its foundation.

l The adj acent sides of the base plate -1 and superposed plate '-2- areprovided with registering ears or lugs f6- substan tially` midway between their ends and pivotally connected to each other by transverse to rock vertically about the horizontal axis of said pivot for effecting a corresponding vertically tilting adjustment of the motor which is carried by the upper plate Suitable means is provided'for effecting this vertical adjustmentfrom either end of the plates while the motor is in action or at rest and for holding the plate in its adj usted position, said means consisting in this instance of a pair of wedges --8`mounted uponthe flat upper face of tliebase plate -lat opposite sides of the pivots -7- and approximately equal distances thererom,said wed es ybeing provided with 0ppositely incline upper bearing faces 9 lengthwise thereof for receiving and supporting the plate -2. Y y

These wedges are also provided with lengthwise threaded sockets 10 extending inwardly from the outer ends thereof, for receiving a pair 'of adjusting screws 1l which are journaled in raised lugs -12 on the outer endsof the base plate -1- and are held against endwise movement by shoulders 13- engaging the inner and outer faces of the adjacent lugs, the outer shoulders being preferably angular for the reception of wrench or equivalent to, whereby the screws may be turned for adjusting the wedges endwise along the upper sur- 'face of the base plate. Y

The plate 2- is provided on its underside with pendant bosses -14- having 0pposite longitudinally inclined bearing .faces 15- registering with their A.resting faces upon the lcorresponding wedges -8- to afford tirm support for the ends of the plate Q in addition to that adorded by the pivotal pins 7 lt isnow evident that by simultaneously adjustingA both of the wedges 8 ina reverse direction will cause a corresponding'l vertical tilting movement about the airis of the pivots 7- thereby etlecting a similar vertical tiltin movement ol the plate 3 and motor carried thereby as may be required to bring the motor into proper run- .ning relation to the driven element not shown so lar 'as this particular adjustment is concerned, it being understood that when the adjustment is en'ected the wedgesv 8 and parts adjusted thereby will be auto matically held in their adjusted positions providing the wedges are tightened by their respective screws against the adjacent inclined bearings l5 j 'llhe plate. 3- is centrally pivoted by a vertical pivotal pin` l6 to the plate 2 to swing'horizontally about a vertical axis at right angles through that oi the pivots 7, the pivots 16 being preterably directly over the axis of the pivots 7 and therefore substantially midwayl between the ends ot the plates. A

Suitable means is provided loradjusting the plate 3- and motor carried thereby horizontally or angularly about the. axis of the pivot l6 said means consisting in this instance of a pair ol wedges ll-:- cooperating with oppositely inclined longitudinal bearing faces l8 on the oppo-4 site ends 'of one side of the plate 3 Figure 1 and are adjustable endwise by screws l9 j 'lhat is, the plate Q is provided at the ends ot oneY side thereof with angular danges 20 forming lengthwise guide llanges 2l and end abutments 22 projecting upwardly from the plate Q above the adjacent portions fof the. plate The anges 2l serve as guides for the outer lengthwise edges of the wedges i7 which are movable along and upon the upper surface of the plate 3 and between the danges l 2l and inclined bearing laces 18 so that by simultaneously adjustin both of the wedges ll-7 in one direction or in a reverse direction vwill pro- .duce a corresponding horizontal rocking movement of the. plate 3 and motor anciano@ thereon has been properly adjusted, said plate may be iirmly clamped to the plate 2 against relative vertical movement by means ot clamping bolts 24rwhich are screwed in suitable apertures in the plate 2- and extended through laterally elongated slots 2oin the plate 3g-m concentric with the pivot lt and ol sullhcient length to allow a limited lateral adjustment ot the plate 2 with the motor thereon by means ot the wedges 'l7 and screws l9 without removing the clamping bolts 2a-1, A

Flhe motor lt may be secured to the upper lace of the plate 3 by an suit`= able fastening means, but is pre erably mounted upon transverse ways 26- for independent lateral adjustment as lor en`= ample, aligning its shaft with a coaxial driven element not shown and held in its i element, as lor example, a shalt parallelwithwhich the motor shalt is adapted to be brought into parallel relation.

lt is, oil course, understood that in setting the motor it would be arranged -as nearly as possible parallel with the driven shalt, but il? alter the rst setting it lis found to be at an angle horizontally to the driven element, it may be brought into parallelism by the proper adjustment ol the plate 3- through the medium oil the wedges lland screws l9 @n the other hand, it the motor shalt is out or parallel veiticall with the driven element it may be broug t into parallelism by the proper adjustment oil the wedges 8- througli the medium ot the screws l1 with the assurance that when both adjustments are completed, the motor and adjustable plates will be automatically locked in their adjusted position which permits the adjustments to be made while the motor is in action or as well as when it rests The o eration ol2 our invention will now be readi yunderstood upon reference to the Mill lll@

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lllli mesme said means including a. lair of opposed wedges for eecting the a' justment in one plane and a 'separate pair of wedges for effecting the adjustment in the other/plane.

2. In a. motor support, a relatively xed base plete, u movable plate pivotally .v nounted on the .base plate to rock vertically, means for adjusting the lest named plate .about the axis of the pivot and a.` motor supportin named p ate to swing horizontally and plate pivoted to. the secondl means for adjusting the lust named plate about the axis of its pivot En witness whereof we have hereunto set (our hands' this 30th da of October 1922. LLIA C.- SERRELL. Y

l CHARLES E. WDMEYER.

Witnesses:

H. E. CHAsE,

RITA CAMIroLm'ro,

PEfRRY G. ILLIAMS.'

18mm A. BROWNELL. 

